It’s not just that the CDP was in and of itself unlawful. In a 3 month period the scheme issued 55k penalty notices “to 35,000 people, the vast majority of whom are Aboriginal” www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03...

This is a significant development. The military is leaking against Hegseth and the Trump administration.

So it’s confirmed. @australianlabor.bsky.social caved in to Woodside, allowing Woodside to destroy Murujuga with acid gas emissions for another 45 years. One of Australia and the world’s greatest cultural treasures. Weak and complicit. www.afr.com/companies/en...

Re-sharing this just for the pullquote, waking up in Paris early mornings and doing five interviews in a row before coffee leads to even less of a filter than usual

when you know what you’re gonna hear before you turn on the audio but you’re still THRILLED to hear it

Commissioner Brereton told the public and parliament that his position with Defence was entirely honourary, now we know that is not true, that he is part of a chain of advice to Ministers and Defence.

The head of the national anti-corruption commission told a Senate inquiry he had resigned his role at the defence force's investigative arm. But the ABC has learned he continued consulting for them, and documents proving his resignation could not be identified.

update: male loneliness epidemic solved

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

Israel needs to be treated like apartheid South Africa. No sport for Israel

"Renewable superpower" sounds great... shame the paperwork keeps opening coal mines and gas fields. You can’t offset hypocrisy with a fucking press release. #auspol

Good morning.

Students told by teachers Gazans ‘deserved what they got’. Sentiments like this have been stated by teachers in ACT public schools. I know of reading content set that displayed shocking bias. Totally agree, this is widespread. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

A Israeli academic asked his followers on X which sanction would really convince ordinary Israelis that they are isolated internationally. "Expulsion from football tournaments" was the most popular answer, followed by "ending visa-free travel to Europe"

"One Israeli officer who led mass arrest operations in Khan Younis said soldiers saw no difference 'between a terrorist who entered Israel on 7 October and someone working for the water authority in Khan Younis.'" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

"An Israeli army officer who led mass arrest operations in Khan Younis refugee camp [said] his unit’s mission was to “drain” the camp and force its residents to flee further southward. As part of this mission, detainees were arrested en masse and taken to military facilities"

Israeli forces arrest West Bank mayor - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-west-bank-mayor

Worth remembering today… #RoboDebt #NACC

Holy shit. Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip www.dw.com/en/italy-sen...

Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt

Honestly I don’t buy it that the humans working in the APS were so much nicer and human centred in their work pre-Robodebt. Robodebt just gave them license to be the worst version of an already shitty organisation

“Yours Sincerely, Compliance Officer of Centrelink.” No name on it, no accountability. The Robodebt letter sent to Felicity Button. “…for the rule by Nobody is not no-rule, and where all are equally powerless, we have a tyranny without a tyrant.” ~ Hannah Arendt.

Given the $2 mill was taxpayer money, all involved in this idiotic, racist decision should pay the ABC back out of their own pockets - pockets filled by the taxpayer.

The Sumud Flotilla is under attack. Thiago Ávila, a Brazilian organiser, reports 10 drone attacks on the smaller boats, seemingly to destroy their sails. Citizens from the entire world are aboard. It is carrying food for the victims of genocide. Governments need to protect it.

I love how rightwingers keep saying you can’t recognize a Palestinian state because it doesn’t even have any agreed-upon borders. Erm, are they aware that Israel is one of the only countries in the world that refuses to define its own borders?

Closure of King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge is the latest in long line of collective punishments imposed by Israeli forces.

This is a UK spy plane sent over Gaza by Keir Starmer on July 28 Pilot forgot to turn off transponder It spent 3 hours circling Khan Yunis, where most of fighting was happening Intelligence gathered was given to Israeli military in real-time UK has been a participant from beginning

Pic I stole from @maximumwelfare.bsky.social’s twitter account of the panel I was on tonight at the Art Gallery of NSW for the pre-screening of #PeopleVRobodebt

Reminder that Tony Burke went on Sky News and defended the officer’s actions

this is hilarious

The hospital director, arrested and tortured by Israel, has just seen his brother and other family members killed.

KONSYSE: What really drives relocation among high earners? Millionaires stay rooted despite higher taxes. A study finds embeddedness and quality of life outweigh financial considerations in relocation decisions.

Videos shared across social media show a bright fireball streaking across the night sky over various cities in India. It’s unclear whether it was a meteor shower or space debris burning up in Earth’s atmosphere.

Australia is still supplying parts to F-35 jets that are still bombing Gaza, where 94% of deaths since March have been civilians (up from the previous far more tolerable 85%), but it is good of us to recognise a state we're helping ensure will never exist.

Must watch - what the doctor reports is pure evil. A few more western nations - like Australia - have just made the largely performative gesture of recognizing the state of Palestine. OK, but that's not how you stop Israel's sadistic, targeted murder of children. #GazaGenocide #auspol

Amnesty names 15 companies One is Lockheed & its F-35, which 70+ Australian companies supply Another is Boeing. Australian Dr Brendan Nelson runs Boeing Global from London. He is also a member of Boeing Company’s executive council. (He was formerly a medical doctor) www.boeing.com/company/key-...

I am <this close> to being unabolitionist when it comes to overpaid executives whose decisions kill vulnerable people. Then I remember poverty and centrelink are punishing and punishment by design and figure welp asset forfeiture, lifetime bans, and the centrelink queue until we fix income support.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

the rapey element of chatbots designed by US billionaires was wholly predictable - because they have always refused to prioritise safety from rapists and killers over data harvesting - even before someone released these specs for a submissive text generator two months ago.

Experts are calling for new regulations on artificial intelligence chatbots, after a triple j hack investigation uncovered a disturbing example of a chatbot encouraging a man to murder his father while engaging in paedophilic role-play.

Sure, there’ll be safeguards. And somewhere in the safeguards there’ll be fine print saying they can transfer it to Alice, who has a different data use policy and can transfer it to Bob, who can transfer it to Charlie, your ex husband who’s stalking you

Other people may have other experiences but I followed the instructions here and it took about three minutes, two of which were clicking 'other' on cancellation reason and typing my reason, and that I would return after a Kimmel reinstatement and apology. Super easy.

Ausgrid slashes safety inspectors after report finds cheaper to pay permanent disability injury compensation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Anyone who agrees to this is not a journalist

We're fucked. Both major parties are terrified of upsetting the fossil fuel lobby and the donors behind them. So we get policies that look like action but are designed not to hurt the big polluters.